Shirley Patterson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Shirley Patterson, sometimes billed as Shawn Smith, (December 26, 1922 – April 4, 1995) was a Canadian born B-movie actress of the 1940s and 1950s. Patterson began her acting career after being a beauty contestant in pageants in California in 1940. She graduated from the Mar-Ken School in Sherman Oaks, California in 1941, and shortly thereafter she signed a contract with Columbia Pictures. Her career spanned forty films, a small quantity of television appearances, and a serial. A beautiful woman in her youth, Patterson played the role of heroine in the 1943 fifteen chapter Batman serial. In 1944 she starred in The Vigilantes Ride alongside Russell Hayden and Bob Wills. In 1946 she accompanied Eddie Dean and Roscoe Ates in the film Driftin River, and starred with them again that same year in Tumbleweed Trail. Two of her last films was the 1957 movie The Land Unknown, and the 1958 Sci-Fi film It! The Terror from Beyond Space, which also starred Ray "Crash" Corrigan who played a monster from outer space. Patterson had a long fight with cancer in her later years, and died in 1995 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shirley Patterson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 1960 · Maigret as Maid
- 1958 · It! The Terror from Beyond Space as Ann Anderson
- 1957 · The Land Unknown as Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway
- 1956 · World Without End as Elaine
- 1954 · The Silver Chalice as Poppaea (uncredited)
- 1954 · The Long Wait as Carol Shay (as Shawn Smith)
- 1954 · The French Line as Elsie (uncredited)
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Betty Maxwell
- 1947 · Black Hills as Janet Hadley
- 1946 · Stars Over Texas as Terry Lawrence
- 1946 · Driftin' River as J.C. Morgan
- 1946 · Tumbleweed Trail as Robin Ryan
- 1945 · Keep Your Powder Dry as WAC Brooks
- 1945 · Between Two Women as Nurse Thorsen
- 1944 · Marriage Is a Private Affair as Mary Saunders
- 1944 · Riding West as Alice Morton
- 1943 · The Vigilantes Ride as
- 1943 · The Texas Kid as Nancy
- 1943 · Phony Express as Lola (bargirl)
- 1943 · Dangerous Blondes as Bride (uncredited)
- 1943 · Destroyer as Bigbee's Girl (uncredited)
- 1943 · Here Comes Mr. Zerk as Josephine
- 1943 · Batman as Linda Page
- 1943 · Good Luck, Mr. Yates as Secretary
- 1943 · Law of the Northwest as Michele Darcy
- 1943 · The More the Merrier as Girl (uncredited)
- 1943 · Redhead from Manhattan as Telephone Operator
- 1943 · Spook Louder as Perkins, the Secretary
- 1943 · A Maid Made Mad as Bellhop at Amazon Hotel for Women
- 1942 · Riding Through Nevada as Gail Holloway
- 1942 · The Spirit of Stanford as June Rogers
- 1942 · Lucky Legs as Chambermaid
- 1942 · A Man's World as Nurse Bentley
- 1942 · Sabotage Squad as Miss Cole, secretary
- 1942 · Parachute Nurse as Katherine Webb
- 1942 · Riders of the Northland as Sheila Taylor
- 1942 · North of the Rockies as Lydia Rogers